the library

Today I re-joined my local Library. It turns out that I was actually still a current member, although I hadn't been there since 2004. I also had a current fine from returning some books late in 2004. The books were all politics ones that were obviously for an essay for Uni - damn Uni! You have cost me so much!!


But I have to say that the new Library (well I went to a new one, there are still plenty of old ones around) is quite fancy. There is a new self-check system that reads micro-chips in the books, so you don't have to scan them one at a time, and I do believe that the range of what the library carries has increased.


Today I borrowed Hell Island by Matthew Reilly as an Audio Book for my drive to Sydney this weekend. The book only goes for just over 2 hours, but all the other ones that were there go for over 10 hours! And since it's only a 3 hour drive to Sydney I figure I can mix the book with some music listening.


There is also this great system of being able to go online and request items. So I requested the latest Matthew Reilly book (I'm 70th in line for that) and 90 Day Geisha. I also have a list of other books that I want to read, so I'm going to use the 'My List' system they have where you can add heaps of books to your list and then request them when you're ready to read them. Then they ship the books to the library that you choose and off you go.


Really it's all very civilised.

true love

Is there such a things as True Love?
I am currently thinking that this could be the subject of my book. Everyone had different opinions and by observing different couples I think I'll be able to see if people do believe in true love, or if they just don't want to be alone.
Already today I have asked one of the women I work with. I'll call her "O". I asked her "Do you believe in true love?" and she hesitated, ummed and ahhred, and said "no, not really'.
She's in a relationship and has a couple of kids. I know her and her partner have been fighting a bit lately (he sent flowers in to work on Friday in an attempt to suck up) but it is kind of sad to know that she had kids with a man she doesn't believe in true love with.
Or maybe that's not sad at all. Maybe that's life. There is no such thing as true love and the best we can hope for is companion ship.

A couple of problems I will have if I do write this book is that I won't be able to let my friends and family know about it because I doubt they will enjoy reading about their love lives, or "lack-of-love" lives.

colours, styles, themes

I started this blog only a couple of hours ago and I have probably changed the look of it almost half a dozen times. What colours are best? What fonts? Do I want an image or a banner? Should I keep it plain or should I jazz it up? There are just so many questions to ask.
My favourite blog is http://www.petiteanglaise.com/ and it had a beautiful design (along with interesting content).
Apparently Petite started out here on BlogSpot and then her blog became so popular that she was able to transfer it to her own domain.
I wonder how he blog became popular? How did people find it? Why did people start reading it?
There are so many questions in this post.
If you read my blog, please feel free to reply.